Kolkata: Docs set record by removing 12,000 stones in gall bladder

They sat through four hours to count the stones they operated out the gall bladder of a patient.When they finished, the stone count stood at a staggering 11,950.TNN | Updated: November 27, 2015, 14:52 IST

Kolkata: For a team of doctors of a south Kolkata nursing home, a post-operation routine job proved to be more tedious than the operation itself. They sat through four hours to count the stones they operated out the gall bladder of a patient. When they finished, the stone count stood at a staggering 11,950.

Minati Mondal, the patient from Baruipur, has entered into the Guinness Book of World Records with the number of gall stones. Makhanlal Saha, the surgeon, and his team have also become a part of the record. So far, the highest number of gall stones detected in an individual was 3110 in the UK.

"I knew from the USG that there were a large number of stones in gall bladder. I completed my laparoscopic dissection of the gall bladder in 20 minutes. While trying to remove the gall bladder, I got stuck in the small epigastric port. It took me 30 minutes to remove the stones with forceps and ultimately the gall bladder could be removed through a 10mm port without extension," said Saha.

Anaesthetist Sunanda Bal managed the patient with spinal anesthesia. "My assistant Sushmita Paul patiently helped with a good camera viewing. The huge number of stones left us all mightily surprised. My assistants took four hours to count them," he said.

Saha added that he had operated upon a young girl two months back who had 1,110 stones. "I searched the record book that time and found that the largest number of gall stones were found in a woman in England who had 3,110 stones. So, this is a new record," Saha said.

"We are still assessing the surgery and taking stock. This is indeed rare, though not unprecedented. We do come across such patients once in a while. The gall stones usually multiply over time, if left untreated. In the case of this woman, this is what seems to have happened," he explained.

The patient, according to the doctor, was stable and had no discomfort. "She is doing fine. It wa sa normal laparoscopy. What sets this case apart is the huge number of stones," he added.

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